The Benefits of the use of induction virtual communities in supporting new students in distance education universities

  1. Sánchez-Elvira Paniagua, Ángeles
  2. González Brignardello, Marcela Paz
  3. Santamaría Lancho, Miguel
Proceedings:
Proceedings of the 23rd ICDE World Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education including the 2009 EADTU Annual Conference,

Year of publication: 2009

Type: Conference paper

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Abstract

The present paper aims to show evidence about the benefits of the use of induction virtual communities to support new students’ integration and adaptation to a distance education university. The Spanish National Distance Education University (UNED)